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Thomas Lemar

punkisback

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We don't eat at this table, why do people not realise this?
We'll probably sign Antonio for £40 mil on deadline day. Agree we're just not ambitious enough or our scouting is too poor to pick these players up early. Thank god for Poch.
 

0-Tibsy-0

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Tucker

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Fwiw I don't recall JJ ever teasing us like that when there wasn't at least some possibility of something happening. He's usually very quick to shoot down anything that he thinks is unrealistic.

So there could be a slim chance or something.
 

yido_number1

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Fwiw I don't recall JJ ever teasing us like that when there wasn't at least some possibility of something happening. He's usually very quick to shoot down anything that he thinks is unrealistic.

So there could be a slim chance or something.

I think this is the classic one where we show an interest and he holds out for a bigger team. If no one comes in we get the shot.
 

fletch82

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I think this is the classic one where we show an interest and he holds out for a bigger team. If no one comes in we get the shot.

Or he signs a new contract.


OR the season has only just finished,many are on international duty or holiday and we are just a bunch of impatient feckers because we aren't citeh and lobing truck loads of cash at everyone instantly. ?


Maybe :rolleyes:
 

DanielCHillier

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OR the season has only just finished,many are on international duty or holiday and we are just a bunch of impatient feckers because we aren't citeh and lobing truck loads of cash at everyone instantly. ?


Maybe :rolleyes:
Always err on the side of pessimism with transfers.
 

eddiev14

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This has always felt more like fans taking a link and running with it, than anything actually credible to suggest it is likely to happen.
 

FreddieYid

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We'll probably sign Antonio for £40 mil on deadline day. Agree we're just not ambitious enough or our scouting is too poor to pick these players up early. Thank god for Poch.

Dele, Dier, Modric, Bale, Rose and Walker are all examples of us doing exactly what you accuse us of failing to do, i.e. Buy young potential before they become established internationals.

Naturally for every one of those successes you're always going to have a few Clinton N'jies, that's just the way it is.

Do you not think that Monaco and Porto have young players that don't work out too? Of course they do and like we have uncovered a Dele, they have uncovered a Lemar among them. You just don't hear about the young players at those clubs that fail to make the grade

You ask why we didn't sign player 'X' before he was a world class talent, like we're not trying too do exactly that with every young player we recruit.

It's got f*** all to do with us having a lack of ambition... we didn't sign GKN believing that it won't work out.
 
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Hoddtastic72

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Surely finishing 3rd and then runners up last season in the premier league gives us a decent chance to sign players like this
 

yido_number1

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OR the season has only just finished,many are on international duty or holiday and we are just a bunch of impatient feckers because we aren't citeh and lobing truck loads of cash at everyone instantly. ?


Maybe :rolleyes:

I'm not being impatient it just has that hallmark of a transfer that we've seen many time. I'm actually really optimistic we will make some early signings this year. If you were Lemar and you'd won the league with Monaco and progressed as far as they did in the Champions League would you not hope to sign for Barca, Real, Juventus or Bayern? If we get him it will be because they didn't act and Chavski and Citeh didn't throw an open cheque book at him.
 

PhezTHFC

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Surely though the wages aren't an issue in tr sense we can cover bases with bonuses as we did with Kane and Alli? Obviously not 200K of but those 2 with bonuses will be getting nearer 140k?
 
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